The Walter P. Chrysler Museum is mounting a fanciful exhibition – What Can You HEMI®? – now through May 2, 2010, featuring five distinctly-unique, super-powered machines.

The special exhibit features a snow-blower, merry-go-round, barbecue grill and ice resurfacer – life-size / oversized inventions built for power with Chrysler’s 5.7-liter HEMI V-8 engine. Rounding out the collection, in the Museum’s lower level Boss Chrysler’s Garage, is a 1956 Chrysler Air Raid Siren powered by a 180-horsepower industrial HEMI V-8.

The four fully-operational inventions were finalists in a 2005 Chrysler-sponsored contest that celebrated the legendary HEMI engine.  More than 350 enthusiasts from across the U.S. and Canada submitted sketches and essays up to 300 words highlighting outrageous HEMI-powered ideas.  Entries were evaluated on creativity, engineering feasibility, safety and functionality and the company brought the winning designs to life.

The Chrysler Air Raid Siren was retrieved in 2002 from a 90-foot tower adjacent to a fire station in Trenton, MI, where it served as the city’s primary tornado-civil defense device from 1958 until the 1970s.

For more information about the exhibit and Walter P. Chrysler Museum, visit www.chryslerheritage.com.